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STENOGRAPHERS NOTE BOOK AND COPY HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED 00110. 1902. N0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented March 29, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

EARL SEXTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

STENOGRAPHERS NOTE- BOOK -AND COPY-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 756,147, dated March29, 1904.

Application filed October 10,1902. 1 Serial 110.126,?51. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EARL SEx'roN, a citizen of the United States,residing atNew York, in-

the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new anduseful Stenographers Note-Book and Copy-Holder, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a stenographers note-book and copy-holder. Theobject of the invention is in a ready,

simple, thoroughly feasible, and practical manner to obviate theobjections inherent in the employment of an ordinary note-book result:

ing from the necessity of frequently turning pages, causing loss of timeand irritation to the dictator, and to present written matter in suchform as to permit of its being readily copied or, if necessary, to bereferred to without loss of time.

With these and other objects in view, as will appear as the nature oftheinvention is better understood, :the sameconsists in the novelconstruction and combination of parts of a stenogra'phers note-book andcopy-holder, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts,there is illustrated one form of embodiment of the invention capable ofcarrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that theelements therein exhibited may be varied as to shape, proportion, andexact manner-of assemblage without departing from the spirit thereof,and in these drawings Figure 1 is a view in perspective of an apparatusexhibiting an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a view invertical transverse section looking toward the rear of the machine.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the frame of the apparatus,which may be constructed of any suitable'material, preferably of metal,and comprising a bed-plate 2 and side flanges 3, merging toward the rearof the frame into standards 4; and 5. Secured between the side flangesand spaced above the 7 the matter'required.

acter that not only shall the paper be fed and stored up as used, butalso that in the event of it being desired to refer to something thathas been written to provide ready means'by which the paper may beunwound to exhibit To, render such devices practical, it will beapparent that the mechanism' shall be at once positively operating andsimple'in character to obviate danger and v derangement in use; 'resultsin the present invention there is pro-- vided a receiving-roller? and adistributingroller 8, and these rollers are associated with Inaccomplishing these the frame in such manner as to be readily detachablewhen desired without interference with the actuating mechanism. 7 Boththe receiving roller and distributing roller are driven from one sourceof power, and reversal of operation of the machine is effected throughthe medium of a shifting gear presently to be described.

Both the receiving and distributing rollers are provided at one end witha pintle 9 and 10, respectively, to engage the bearings formed in one ofthe standards and at their opposite ends with polygonal terminalsll and12, respectively, which are designed to engage similar-shaped socketsformed in the hubs 13 and 1 1 of driving-gears 15 and 16, the outer endof each of these hubs being provided with a knob 17 by which either ofthe rollers may. be turned normally.' The actuating mechanism comprisesa spring-driven master-wheel 18, having a squared shank 19, by which thespring 20 may be placed under the requisite tensio'nin the manner of anordinary clockspring. Y The gear 18 is mounted upon a shaft 21, (clearlyshown in Fig. 2,) journaled in suitable bearings in thestandards 4:. Thegear 18 meshes with a pinion 22, carried by a shaft 23, also journaledin bearings in the standards, the shaft 23 carrying agear-wheel 24.,which meshes with a pinion 25", carried by a shaft 26, journaled in rearof the shaft 23. Upon the outer end of the shaft 26 is mount- .ed a disk27 constituting a governor, against the periphery of which bears theshoe 28 of a brake-lever 29, fulcrumed upon an arm or bracket 30,secured to the side of the frame,

a spring 31 connected to the lever interme diate of its free end and thefulcrum and to a bracket 32, secured to the side of the frame, operatingnormally to hold the shoe in engagement with the governor, and thusprevent movement of the driving-train. The gear 24 meshes with ashiftable gear 25, carried by a swinging arm 33, fulcrumed on the shaft23, the gear 25 being normally in mesh with the gears 15 and 24, thus tocause the strip of paper A to be rolled upon the receiving-roller.

Disposed near the rear of the frame is a guide-roller 34, around whichthe strip of paper passes, thence to the front of the machine and aroundthe end of the platen, thence around a roller 35, arranged adjacent tothe standard 4, thence over a guide-roller 36, and thence under andaround the receiving-roller 7. The guide-rollers 34, 35, and 36 areprovided at their ends with flanges 37 by which to guide the strip ofpaper and prevent it from contacting with the frame of the machine.

In operation the stenographer will write upon the surface of the exposedstrip lying between the guide-roller 35 and the outer end of the platen,and when this has been filled up the lever 29 is raised, throwing theshoe out of engagement with the governor 27 and permitting themaster-wheel 18 to drive the train of gears, thus winding up the lengthof paper used, and upon release of the lever 29 the mechanism willinstantly stop. Should it be desired to unwind a portion of the stripthat has been written on for the purpose of reading something that hasbeen written, the lever 33 will be raised to throw the gear 25 into meshwith the gear 16, and upon the lever 29 being again raised thedistributingroller will be driven in the direction reverse to its normalrotation, thus to unwind the desired length of paper from thereceiving-roller. In copying the spread of paper between the rollers 35and 36 will be observed;

It will be seen from the foregoing description that by the employment ofthis invention the stenographer has no leaves to turn, which in manycases results in irritation to the dictator should the stenographer notbe quick enough or should it be desired to turn to some sentence or partof a sentence which is on the page just turned. In courtreporting thestenographer often has no time to turn the leaves of his note-book intaking notes from a rapidly-speaking witness, and often he loses part ofa sentence in making the effort. This invention obviates all of theseobjectionable features in a ready and certain manner and enablesthestenographer to take notes more rapidly than would be possible withthe ordinary form of leaved book.

When one side of the roll of paper has been used up, the receivingroller will then be taken out and positioned as a distributingroller,and the distributing-roller placed in the receiving rollers bearings.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. In a device ofthe class described, the combination with a frame having a horizontaland a vertical portion, of a platen sustained by the horizontal portion,elevated guides mounted in the vertical portion, a receivingroller and adistributing-roller journaled in the frame, a web or strip of paperextended over the platen and the guides and connected I with saidrollers, and mechanism under control of the operator for automaticallyactuating the rollers to feed the paper in either direction.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a framehaving a horizontal and a vertical portion, of a platen sustained by thehorizontal portion, elevated guides mounted in the vertical portion, areceivingroller and a distributing-roller journaled in.

the frame and each connected with a gear, a web or strip of paperextended over the platen and the guides and connected with said rollers,a shiftable gear adapted to be moved into en gagement with either of theroller-gears at will to feed the paper in either direction, and meansunder control of the operator for automatically and positively drivingthe shiftable gear.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination with a framehaving a horizontal and a vertical portion, of a platen sustained by thehorizontal portion, elevated guides mounted in the vertical portion, areceivingroller journaled in the upper end of the vertical portion, adistributing-roller journaled in rear of the platen, a web or strip ofpaper connected with the distributing-roller,extending over the platenand guides and connected with the receiving-roller, gears operativelyconnected one with each of said rollers, a shiftable gear operable forengagement with either of the roller-gears for actuating them to feedthe paper in either direction, and means under control of the operatorfor automatically and positively driving the shiftable gear.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' EARL SEXTON. Witnesses:

C. S. GEAUQUE, R. FORSYTH LITTLE, Jr.

